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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 27, 1944

Page

4

American Leaders Maintain Deadlock In Tight AL Race

Detroit Tigers and St Louis Browns stayed tied for first with identical winners and five games left in the AL pennant chase. Dizzy Trout led Detroit past Philadelphia 6 0, while St Louis beat Boston 1 0 in pitching duel. Yankees, Senators also won. NL results noted.

Glen Perkins United Press New York Detroit Tigers St. Louis Browns Tigers Dizzy Trout Philadelphia Athletics Trout Bengals Dick Wakefield Rudy York

Monona Wins Overtime Sectional Championship

Monona high wins its sectional title in a 2-1 10 inning victory over Lansing. Colesburg also caps its sectional with a 4-2 win over Delhi at Elkport, as other semi finals roll toward today’s finals with Brandon-Brandon 6 Winton 1 and Calamus 9 Wheatland 6 among Tuesday winners.

Monona High Lansing Colesbury Elkport Delhi Brandon Winton Coggon Winthrop Calamus London Clarence Wheatland Dysart Hudson Clutter LaPorte City

Notre Dame adds Creighton Miller to coaching staff

South Bend AP reports coach Ed McKeever named Creighton Miller to the Notre Dame football staff. Miller, who starred last year as an Irish halfback, joins the grid program as part of the new lineup.

South Bend Ind Ed McKeever Notre Dame Creighton Miller

Yanks Beat Sox In Tuesday Night Box Score

New York defeats Chicago 9 to 5 at Comiskey Park in a high scoring game led by Player A and Player B. Zuber earns the win for New York while Ross takes the loss for Chicago.

YANKS SOX New York Chicago St'weiss Moses Metheny O/Schalk Stainbol’k Martinis Lindell Ol Carnett Etten AESS Ross Wade Martin Carnett Webb Milosevich Grimes Schalk Hodgin Trosky Stirneweiss Zuber Hodeln Chicano Johnson Humphries Maltzberger Uber Rommel McGowan Grieve

Seven Navy officers named for Seahawk game

IOWA CITY AP seven officer players will be available for Saturday's Olathe Naval Air Station tilt including Lt Art Grueppe former Marquette star Ensign Perry Schwartz Lt Rennie McQuarry Lt Jim Poole L Ray George Lt Noble Ross Lt Jim Lalanne Also mentioned are Jim Blair Oberlin 200 pound end and Don Corbitt Arizona 100 pound center from the new battalion روب

Iowa City Navy Seahawk Power Art Grueppe Marquette Star Olathe Naval Air Station Ensign Perry Schwartz J.g Rennie McQuarry Jim Poole Ray George Noble Ross

Peppers Comments on Fall Sports Predictions

Sports columnist Gives playful critique of prior spring predictions for Washington and Chicago in the American league and notes miscalls about the Yankees. Recaps mishaps in college and professional games and celebrates the Jacobs golf family saga with a nine and a half hole tale and a dramatic finish.

Washington

American Race At a Glance

A United Press summary lists teams Detroit St Louis and New York with win loss records and remaining games. Detroit has a home schedule against Philadelphia and Washington and away games with Boston and New York.

Standings and results for American and National Leagues

The standings show Detroit 71-78 477 St. Louis 85-64.570 and New York 82-67 320 in the American League while St. Louis leads the National with 103-46.691. Tuesday results include Washington 8 Cleveland 3 and Chicago 5 St. Louis 1. Tuesday National games Cincinnati 8-6 New York 5-4 and Chicago 15-1 Philadelphia 0-10.

T. WL Pet Detroit Asan Cleveland St. Louis Chicago New York Philadephia Boston Washington Detroit Philadelphia Lfc Pittsburgh Cincinnat Rarr Brooklyn Cincinnati Chicaso

Women Enter City Net Finals Today

Delayed nearly a week by wet courts the city's women’s championship will be played at Cedar Rapids Tennis Association courts Kenmore golf course at 5 pm. Mrs Jim McAndrews faces Ardel Coy with the winner succeeding Dora Jane Hamblin a two time champion now with the Red Cross. All other divisions have been completed.

Cedar Rapids

Jacobs' 74 Tops Kenmore Play In Fall Golf Tourney

First round at Kenmore fall golf tourney saw Howard Martin edge John J. Jacobs 1 up on the 19th, with Jacobs posting a 74 for 18 holes before falling. Match results include Lee Smith over G G Johnson 5 and 4 and Kirkland over Al Cohrs 3 and 2.

Jacobs Kenmore Howard Martin John J. Jacobs Johnny Jacobs Senoir Martin J. J. Jacobs Lee Smith G. G. Johnson J. B. Kirkland al Cohrs Art Emerson Tom Jackson Joe Knowles J. Jelinek Bill McPartland Bohlander Jack Smith Ross Smith G. M. Grove Joe Marless Martin Va Bird Lyle Lowe Whitcome Charles Sovern Goodyear Bob Rogers Jordon Lary Reid Moore Alr Bednasek Lowe Sovern Rogers WH. L. Kennedy V. White N. Durland J. M. Winchell Bowen B. Humbert Don Isett M. Wolfman A. C. Nelson I. Lewin I. K. Brooks A. J. Houser G. Ravenscroft John Geon-lund Dr. Fox Kilne White

Marion Powers Card Infield Edge in World Series

In a World Series feature by JoE Reichler, Marty Marion is hailed as the finest shortstop, giving the St. Louis Cardinals a defensive edge over Detroit and St. Louis rivals. The piece details infield strengths, batting averages, RBI, and fielding percentages for Cardinal, Tiger, and Brown infields, highlighting Marion’s eye in 703 chances and 89 double plays.

St. Louis Brooklyn Hopp Miksls Sanders Aderltif Musialf Galan Coop'r Walkerr Kur'skl Schultzlb Litwrer Bragan Marion Ssi Verban Stanky Brown Aderholt Miksis Walker Musial Kurowski Schmidt W Cooper Musial Schultz Grove Sunkel Webber Donnelly NEW York Marty Marion St. Louis Cardinal Detroit Tigers St. Louis Browns Ray Sanders Emil Verban Whitey Kurowski Tigers Rudy York Eddie Mayo Joe Hoover Pinky Higgins Browns George McQuinn Don Gutteridge Vernon Junior) Stephens Mark Christman Stephens Hoover Cards Pabver Forte Junior Billy Southsworth McQuinn Gutteridge Kurowski Higgins Christman RBI

Roosevelt Rides Upset West Waterloo. Franklin Faces Clinton

Roosevelt Riders blasted West Waterloo 12 to 0 as Don Martin produced 35 and 17 yard touchdowns. Wilson prepares for Franklin on Thursday amid Friday night slate with Roosevelt at Wilson and Clinton hosting Franklin, plus other Mississippi Valley conference games across Iowa.

Wilson Ramblers Franklin Roosevelt Cedar Rapids West Waterloo Don Martin Waterloo McKinley Bill Birkicht Bob Anderson Harry Farmer Franklin Thunderbolts Clinton Iowa City Davenport

Three Teams Keep Record in Upper Iowa Clean

West Union Sumner and Elkader kept their records clean by winning over Upper Iowa Conference foes by large margins. Fayette defeated Tripoli, while Postville and Maynard showed mixed results. Bierman of West Union and Dittmer of Elkader earned praise. Clermont high will switch to six man football due to candidate scarcity and travel limits shorten the fall schedule.

West Union Sumner Elkader Iowa Fayette Tripoli Bierman Dittmer Postville Maynard Waukon Clermont High

Y Golf Title Round And Mixed Matches Pairings

Pairings set for the Y Business Men's Golf league title round with Lions No 1 facing Shell Oil quartet in a 5 pm Wednesday match at the Y.M.C.A. The program includes ten mixed foursomes and a buffet dinner.

Lions Shell Oil Company Y.M.C.A Lions Step Flee Shell Jacobs Kirkland Canady S William Rogers Holscher Soors Estes Kinderknecht Flickinger Dorton Nyquist Haleht Day Starman Kwasney Altilisch Bielland Younkin George Fox Gundlng Landis Kinch Carl Hauskins Sears Obrecht Miller Art Hausking Cooley Dayhoff Mauping Biddinger

Winslow Replaces No 1 Hawk Guard in Scrimmage

Iowa City star Don Winslow replaces injured No 1 guard Stan Mohrbacher as Coach Slip Madigan fields a second Hawkeye team against his third in a scrimmage session.

Iowa City Stan Mohrbacher Don Winslow Slip Madigan Hawkeye

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